The first table below looks at the demand for OWASP skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OWASP over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the England region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
Rank 729 776 740
Rank change year-on-year
+47 -36
Permanent jobs citing OWASP 112 90 110
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.111% 0.079% 0.093%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.145% 0.106% 0.127%
Number of salaries quoted 87 64 103
Average salary £45,000 £48,250 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.73% +7.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £77,000 £75,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £41,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-8.88% -
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
77473 84750 86518
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 76.60% 74.76% 73.44%
Number of salaries quoted 64240 72541 72957
Average salary £46,000 £47,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.15% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £71,500 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
OWASP
UK

OWASP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing OWASP across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

England OWASP Jobs Demand Trend

OWASP
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing OWASP across the England region.

England OWASP Salary Trend

OWASP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OWASP across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England OWASP Salary Histogram

OWASP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OWASP within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +49 40 £53,750 -4.44%
East Midlands +25 33 £38,000 +24.59%
South East -3 22 £50,000 +2.56%
North West +9 6 £35,000 -28.57%
South West +1 6 £72,500 +48.71%
East of England +1 3 - -
West Midlands - 2 £33,500 -
OWASP
UK

OWASP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing OWASP also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited OWASP.

1 102 (55.43%) .NET
2 85 (46.20%) C#
3 78 (42.39%) SQL
4 72 (39.13%) SQL Server
4 72 (39.13%) ASP.NET
5 70 (38.04%) CSS
6 69 (37.50%) E-Commerce
7 68 (36.96%) MVC
8 67 (36.41%) Microsoft
9 65 (35.33%) Scrum
10 64 (34.78%) Finance
11 57 (30.98%) jQuery
12 55 (29.89%) Information Security
12 55 (29.89%) Visual Studio
13 52 (28.26%) Ajax
14 49 (26.63%) NUnit
14 49 (26.63%) XML
14 49 (26.63%) RESTful
15 48 (26.09%) ASP.NET MVC
16 47 (25.54%) HTML5
17 45 (24.46%) Marketing
18 44 (23.91%) Internet
18 44 (23.91%) Web Accessibility
19 43 (23.37%) Java
20 42 (22.83%) UML
20 42 (22.83%) Continuous Improvement
21 40 (21.74%) XSLT
22 39 (21.20%) XHTML
23 37 (20.11%) Extreme Programming
23 37 (20.11%) ASP.NET MVC 3

OWASP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing OWASP also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited OWASP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 102 (55.43%) .NET
2 72 (39.13%) ASP.NET
3 70 (38.04%) CSS
4 57 (30.98%) jQuery
5 52 (28.26%) Ajax
6 49 (26.63%) XML
6 49 (26.63%) RESTful
7 48 (26.09%) ASP.NET MVC
8 47 (25.54%) HTML5
9 40 (21.74%) XSLT
10 39 (21.20%) XHTML
11 37 (20.11%) ASP.NET MVC 3
11 37 (20.11%) CSS3
12 26 (14.13%) HTML
13 18 (9.783%) .NET Framework
14 17 (9.239%) WCF
15 16 (8.696%) Hibernate
16 14 (7.609%) ASP
16 14 (7.609%) Spring
17 13 (7.065%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 15 (8.152%) IIS
2 14 (7.609%) Apache
3 8 (4.348%) Jetty
3 8 (4.348%) WebLogic
3 8 (4.348%) Tomcat
4 6 (3.261%) Confluence
4 6 (3.261%) CMS
5 4 (2.174%) nginx
5 4 (2.174%) ESB
5 4 (2.174%) Drupal
6 3 (1.630%) Apache Solr
6 3 (1.630%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (1.087%) Magento
7 2 (1.087%) SAP Portal
7 2 (1.087%) WordPress
8 1 (0.543%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (4.348%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.087%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.543%) SAP CRM
2 1 (0.543%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.543%) PeopleSoft Financials
2 1 (0.543%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 44 (23.91%) Internet
2 15 (8.152%) Network Security
3 9 (4.891%) Firewall
4 8 (4.348%) LDAP
5 6 (3.261%) NFC
6 3 (1.630%) HTTP
6 3 (1.630%) HTTPS
6 3 (1.630%) Extranet
6 3 (1.630%) Intranet
6 3 (1.630%) VoIP
6 3 (1.630%) AMQP
7 2 (1.087%) Wireshark
7 2 (1.087%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.087%) SSH
8 1 (0.543%) Wireless
8 1 (0.543%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.543%) VPN
8 1 (0.543%) DNS
8 1 (0.543%) SSL
8 1 (0.543%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (39.13%) SQL Server
2 11 (5.978%) SQL Server 2005
3 10 (5.435%) SQL Server 2008
4 9 (4.891%) MySQL
5 4 (2.174%) Redis
5 4 (2.174%) SQL Server 2012
5 4 (2.174%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.630%) Hadoop
6 3 (1.630%) CouchDB
6 3 (1.630%) Apache Cassandra
6 3 (1.630%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.630%) Hypertable
7 1 (0.543%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.543%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 55 (29.89%) Visual Studio
2 49 (26.63%) NUnit
3 15 (8.152%) Metasploit
4 13 (7.065%) Ant
4 13 (7.065%) JIRA
5 11 (5.978%) Eclipse
6 8 (4.348%) Git (software)
6 8 (4.348%) JUnit
6 8 (4.348%) Subversion
7 6 (3.261%) Maven
8 5 (2.717%) Hudson
8 5 (2.717%) Jenkins
9 3 (1.630%) Xcode
10 2 (1.087%) PhoneGap
10 2 (1.087%) LoadRunner
11 1 (0.543%) JMeter
11 1 (0.543%) ClearCase
11 1 (0.543%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.543%) Fiddler
11 1 (0.543%) Selenium
General
1 64 (34.78%) Finance
2 45 (24.46%) Marketing
3 36 (19.57%) Retail
4 10 (5.435%) Publishing
5 7 (3.804%) Advertising
6 5 (2.717%) Back Office
7 4 (2.174%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.630%) Legal
8 3 (1.630%) Games
9 2 (1.087%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.543%) Banking
Job Titles
1 92 (50.00%) Developer
2 41 (22.28%) Senior Developer
3 30 (16.30%) .NET Developer
4 27 (14.67%) C# Developer
5 26 (14.13%) C# .NET Developer
6 23 (12.50%) Consultant
7 22 (11.96%) Security Consultant
8 19 (10.33%) ASP.NET Developer
8 19 (10.33%) Java Developer
8 19 (10.33%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 18 (9.783%) Architect
10 14 (7.609%) Senior Information Security Consultant
10 14 (7.609%) Senior Consultant
10 14 (7.609%) Team Leader
10 14 (7.609%) Information Security Consultant
10 14 (7.609%) Senior Security Consultant
11 13 (7.065%) Security Architect
11 13 (7.065%) Web Developer
12 12 (6.522%) Analyst
12 12 (6.522%) Senior Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.33%) N-Tier
2 15 (8.152%) Computer Science
3 14 (7.609%) Management Information System
4 9 (4.891%) Open Source
5 6 (3.261%) Inversion of Control
6 5 (2.717%) SaaS
7 4 (2.174%) Heroku
8 3 (1.630%) Biometrics
8 3 (1.630%) Mathematics
8 3 (1.630%) iSeries
8 3 (1.630%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.087%) New Media
9 2 (1.087%) SCADA
9 2 (1.087%) Credit Risk
9 2 (1.087%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.543%) CESG
10 1 (0.543%) CESG CLAS
10 1 (0.543%) W3C
10 1 (0.543%) FMCG
10 1 (0.543%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 20 (10.87%) UNIX
2 19 (10.33%) Windows
3 18 (9.783%) Linux
4 14 (7.609%) Android
5 12 (6.522%) Apple iOS
6 5 (2.717%) Ubuntu
7 4 (2.174%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (1.630%) Solaris
9 2 (1.087%) CentOS
9 2 (1.087%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (1.087%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (37.50%) E-Commerce
2 68 (36.96%) MVC
3 65 (35.33%) Scrum
4 55 (29.89%) Information Security
5 44 (23.91%) Web Accessibility
6 42 (22.83%) UML
6 42 (22.83%) Continuous Improvement
7 37 (20.11%) Extreme Programming
8 31 (16.85%) Security Management
9 22 (11.96%) Security Architecture
10 21 (11.41%) Web Development
11 20 (10.87%) Penetration Testing
11 20 (10.87%) Project Management
12 15 (8.152%) Security Testing
13 13 (7.065%) Enterprise Architecture
13 13 (7.065%) Information Security Management
13 13 (7.065%) ISMS
14 12 (6.522%) RAD
14 12 (6.522%) Regression Testing
14 12 (6.522%) E-business
Programming Languages
1 85 (46.20%) C#
2 78 (42.39%) SQL
3 43 (23.37%) Java
4 30 (16.30%) JavaScript
5 12 (6.522%) C++
6 10 (5.435%) PHP
7 9 (4.891%) C
8 8 (4.348%) Bash shell
8 8 (4.348%) T-SQL
9 7 (3.804%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.630%) Python
11 2 (1.087%) ABAP
11 2 (1.087%) Perl
11 2 (1.087%) Ruby
11 2 (1.087%) Objective-C
12 1 (0.543%) PHP5
12 1 (0.543%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 27 (14.67%) CISSP
2 24 (13.04%) CISM
3 19 (10.33%) Degree
4 18 (9.783%) CEH
4 18 (9.783%) CISA
5 14 (7.609%) CRISC
5 14 (7.609%) SSCP
5 14 (7.609%) CISMP
6 9 (4.891%) Security Cleared
7 8 (4.348%) CSSLP
7 8 (4.348%) GWAPT
8 2 (1.087%) ISEB
9 1 (0.543%) CCIE
9 1 (0.543%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.543%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.543%) MCP
9 1 (0.543%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.543%) MCSE
9 1 (0.543%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (14.13%) QA
2 14 (7.609%) PCI DSS
3 8 (4.348%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (3.261%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.630%) COBIT
6 2 (1.087%) SLA
7 1 (0.543%) GCP
7 1 (0.543%) COSO
7 1 (0.543%) BS25999
System Software
1 1 (0.543%) Nmap
1 1 (0.543%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (7.609%) Nessus
2 13 (7.065%) CORE IMPACT
3 8 (4.348%) AppDetective
4 6 (3.261%) WebInspect
5 1 (0.543%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 67 (36.41%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.978%) HP
3 8 (4.348%) IBM
4 4 (2.174%) Facebook
4 4 (2.174%) Twitter
4 4 (2.174%) Rackspace
4 4 (2.174%) Zend
4 4 (2.174%) Oracle
4 4 (2.174%) SAP
5 3 (1.630%) Google
5 3 (1.630%) TIBCO
5 3 (1.630%) Apple
6 2 (1.087%) hybris
6 2 (1.087%) Remedy
6 2 (1.087%) Endeca
7 1 (0.543%) VMware
7 1 (0.543%) Omniture
7 1 (0.543%) Cisco
7 1 (0.543%) Juniper
7 1 (0.543%) Citrix
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